By killing their relatives we turned 3,000 al Qaeda into 30,000 ISIS/ISIL. America's leaders don't understand how the cycle of violence expands exponentially. We claim to be Christian, followers of Jesus Christ, yet we frequently unsheath our knife to push our ways, protect our possessions. We invade new territories to open new markets and gain access to "our" earthly resources.
By killing their kin we'll turn 30,000 ISIS/ISIL into 90,000 what? This way Presidents will always have a war to fight and they can all give variations of the same speech.
Update 3-18-15: Obama realizes the connection, but his prescription is wrong. He said we should generally aim, before we shoot. He completely avoids "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" root cause. Obama made the same mistake in Libya and is doing so in Ukraine.
Update 12-13-15: By killing Russia says 30,000 ISIS/ISIL are now 60,000.
Update 2-26-22: Jacobin noted Obama's dalliance with Neo-Nazis in Ukraine.
It’s a story of liberal, pro-Western protesters, driven by legitimate grievances but largely drawn from only one-half of a polarized country, entering a temporary marriage of convenience with the far right to carry out an insurrection against a corrupt, authoritarian president. The tragedy is that it served largely to empower literal neo-Nazis while enacting only the goals of the Western powers that opportunistically lent their support — among which was the geopolitical equivalent of a predatory payday loan.
Peter Beinhart noted the U.S. is not sin free in invading other countries and causing widespread death and misery.
Update 3-3-22: Former President George W. Bush released a statement condemning Russia's heinous invasion of neighbor Ukraine. Comedian Jon Oliver suggested Bush sit this one out given his Iraq war background. Violence, intentional death and destruction, is ungodly. Lying to go to war is evil.
